Hosted my first 9 person single table tourney (if you can call it a tourney)

[erdiesel]

Buy-in was 50 dollars with $50 re-buys/add-ons allowed until the end of level 3.  I followed HPT's T1000 tournament structure plus blinds.  Had my poker table setup, used the poker ace, and the tournament went well.  Finished in under 4 hours and guess who won?  ME!!!

My buddies' pockets are about 700 bucks lighter, and mine are well, heavier...........

 

Following alot of recommendations on this site, the tourney was a blast and my friends enjoyed it. 

Thanks HPT!!!

[K ALL IN 9]

congrats. its just goes to show how helpful and valuable the info on this site really is.

[Midnight Rose]

Congrats on your win, erdiesel; and, welcome to HPT.

[Dr. Neau]

Buy-in was 50 dollars with $50 re-buys/add-ons allowed until the end of level 3.  I followed HPT's T1000 tournament structure plus blinds.  Had my poker table setup, used the poker ace, and the tournament went well.  Finished in under 4 hours and guess who won?  ME!!!

My buddies' pockets are about 700 bucks lighter, and mine are well, heavier...........

 

Following alot of recommendations on this site, the tourney was a blast and my friends enjoyed it. 

Thanks HPT!!!

Congrats.

Speaking from experience, don't get too cocky.  Winning your first tournament (and then the second one) can do a lot to artificially inflate your ego

[luckystraights]

Congrats, the info on here improved my understanding of how tournaments work by an immense magnitude

Always nice to win your first. Each time I try something new with poker, either a new format, new game, larger event, etc I always like to win that bit more, gives me that extra bit of pleasure knowing that I won my first.

[austin5string]

Buy-in was 50 dollars with $50 re-buys/add-ons allowed until the end of level 3.  I followed HPT's T1000 tournament structure plus blinds.  Had my poker table setup, used the poker ace, and the tournament went well.  Finished in under 4 hours and guess who won?  ME!!!

My buddies' pockets are about 700 bucks lighter, and mine are well, heavier...........

 

Following alot of recommendations on this site, the tourney was a blast and my friends enjoyed it. 

Thanks HPT!!!

Congrats.

Speaking from experience, don't get too cocky.  Winning your first tournament (and then the second one) can do a lot to artificially inflate your ego

Depending on the makeup of your group, it can also make people stop coming to your game.

[luckystraights]

Depending on the makeup of your group, it can also make people stop coming to your game.

I've felt that flip side too.

I very rarely get a home tournament game now, as everyone I would play with before are happy to cheat or argue about the rules, and have an anything goes policy, which I refuse to accept now I have seen the light.

Good news is my room mate as developed a good understanding of the game, and we get some good heads-up sessions in now and then, which is far more fun then having to go over the rules twenty times to some idiot who wants it is way all the time.

[erdiesel]

Congrats.

Speaking from experience, don't get too cocky.  Winning your first tournament (and then the second one) can do a lot to artificially inflate your ego

Hahahaha, too late. 

A couple of the players were coworkers so the next day I printed out a few color copies of the picture of my final chip stack with the cash laid out in front of the chip stack.  I posted the pictures in the cubicles of my coworkers and told them that its good to set goals and aspire to great things